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The traditional sinusoidal characteristic phase detector (SPD) phasemeter has the advantages of a simple structure and easy realization. However, the output of an SPD is coupled to the amplitude of the input signal and has only a limited phase-detection range due to the boundedness of the sinusoidal function. This leads to the performance deterioration of amplitude noise suppression, fast-acquiring range, and loop stability. To overcome the above shortcomings, we propose a phasemeter based on a tangent phase detector (TPD). The characteristics of the SPD and TPD phasemeters are theoretically analyzed, and a fixed-point simulation is further carried out for verification. The simulation results show that the TPD phasemeter tracks the phase information well and, at the same time, suppresses the amplitude fluctuation to the noise floor of 1 \u03bcrad\/Hz1\/2, which meets the requirements of GW detection. 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